Why use lye soap?

Homemade lye soap is considered one of the mildest non irritating soaps you can get. Lye soap relieves the itching of most insect bites. Lye soap helps relieve psoriasis, eczema, dry skin and acne.

Lye soap is a wonderful cleansing agent: a solid, liquid, or powdered preparation made by reacting potassium or sodium hydroxide with animal or vegetable oils. This is the definition you might find in your dictionary. Homemade soap is made from using oils from vegetables or from animal fats like lard or talley then you use potassium hydroxide (lye). In the final soap there is no lye left in the soap. Today's lye soap is a much more reliable than in the past. With good scales and a precise measure you have a bar of soap that can be made with much more reliability. Most soap on that you buy is either part or all detergent.

We use the high quality supplies to give you the best product available. We strive to give you a homemade product that you will love. We carry several all natural bath supplies. All of our bar soaps is made the old fashioned way we do not use any melt and pour soap. Why is homemade lye soap better? Most soaps are a detergent type soap not made with natural oils think of it as a homemade meal verses a frozen dinner.

Homemade soap is a gentler product and all natural. All the natural glycerin is left in the soap unlike most manufactured bars. We do carry scented and colored soap it is the same great product as the all natural but with color and scent added. The all natural will state all natural.

Our skin is constantly being damaged by our environment. This causes the thickening of the outer layer which is already roughened with dead skin cells. A great way to improve the overall condition of your skin is to use one of these exfoliating soaps, to exfoliate and deep cleanse your skin. You will wash away those dead skin cells and the addition of bath moisturizers or lotion will give you a healthy glow. To increase circulation while softening and smoothing the skin leaving you radiant. Use homemade lye soap.

All homemade soaps have lye. Each batch is tested for lye heaviness by using in a bath before being sold. Today's soaps are very accurate in measurements, however in the past before technological advances, each soap batch was different. Some in which would create a burning sensation.

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